Travis Colter (born October 15, 1991) is a Canadian curler from

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. He currently plays

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on Team Stuart Thompson. He was a member of the 2019 Nova Scotia men's championship rink that competed at the

2019 Tim Hortons Brier The 2019 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 2 to 10 at Westoba Place in Brandon, Manitoba. In the final, Kevin Koe of Alberta defeated Team Wildcard skipped by Brendan Bottcher 4–3 by scoring two ...

, Canada's national men's curling championship.

Career

Men's

Colter began curling at around 2007. By 2010, he had already joined up with former Brier champion Mark Dacey, playing lead on his team. He played in his first provincial championship at the

2011 Nova Scotia Men's Molson Provincial Championship The 2011 Nova Scotia Men's Molson Provincial Championship was held February 1–6 at the Dartmouth Curling Club in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The winning team of Shawn Adams represented Nova Scotia at the 2011 Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ontario ...

. There, the team lost in the C qualifier final. The next season, they lost in the final of the

2012 Nova Scotia Men's Molson Provincial Championship The 2012 Nova Scotia Men's Molson Provincial Championship was held from February 8 to 12 at the Bridgewater Curling Club in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. The winning team, skipped by Jamie Murphy, represented Nova Scotia at the 2012 Tim Hortons B ...

to the Jamie Murphy rink. In 2012, Colter joined the

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rink, and joined the Tommy Sullivan rink in 2014. The Sullivan rink went 2–5 at the 2015 provincial championship. In 2015, Colter joined the Stuart Thompson rink as the team's

. Team found immediate success on the World Curling Tour, winning two events in 2015, the

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and the

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. The team played in the 2016 provincial championships, finishing fourth with a 4–3 record. Team Thompson began the 2016–17 season by winning the

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. Two months later, the team won the Challenge Casino de Charlevoix event. At the 2017 Deloitte Tankard provincial championship, the rink finished the round robin with a 5–2 record, which put the team into the playoffs. They won their semifinal match, but lost in the final to Jamie Murphy. At the 2018 Deloitte Tankard, they went 4–3 in the round robin, putting them in a three-way tiebreaker. They won both their tiebreak matches, but lost in the semifinal to Colter's former skip, Mark Dacey. The Thompson rink began the 2018–19 season by winning the 2018 Curling Store Cashspiel tour event. Later that season, the team won the

2019 Deloitte Tankard The 2019 Deloitte Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship of Nova Scotia, was held from January 21 to 27 at the Dartmouth Curling Club in Dartmouth. The winning Stuart Thompson team represented Nova Scotia at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier ...

qualifying them for the

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for the first time. At the Brier, as Team Nova Scotia, the team finished with a 3–4 record in pool play. The next season, Colter moved to play lead on the team. The team won a second straight Curling Store Cashspiel in 2019 At the

2020 Deloitte Tankard The 2020 Deloitte Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship of Nova Scotia, was held from January 20 to 26 at the Dartmouth Curling Club in Dartmouth. The winning Jamie Murphy rink represented Nova Scotia at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brie ...

, the team finished the round robin with a 4–3 record, and then lost in a tiebreaker match to

Chad Stevens Chad Stevens (born June 23, 1974 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian curler from Chester, Nova Scotia. He skips on a rink on the World Curling Tour. Stevens won the Curl Atlantic Championship The Curl Atlantic Championship is an annual ...

. Colter formed his own rink in 2020 as a skip, but throwing third stones with teammates

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and Cameron MacKenzie. The team won their first event together, the 2020 Curling Store Cashspiel, the third straight title for Colter.

Mixed doubles

Colter and partner Julia Williams won the 2014 provincial mixed doubles curling championship. The pair represented Nova Scotia at the 2014 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials where they finished with a 1–6 record.

Personal life

As of 2019, Colter was employed as a project quotation specialist for Graybar Canada. He is married.

Teams

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Colter, Travis 1991 births Curlers from Halifax, Nova Scotia Sportspeople from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canadian male curlers Living people